Place:Huntingdon Rural, Huntingdonshire, England

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NameHuntingdon Rural
TypeRural district
Located inHuntingdonshire, England     (1894 - 1965)
Also located inHuntingdon and Peterborough, England     (1965 - 1974)
See alsoHuntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality which covers the area since 1974

Huntingdon Rural District existed in Huntingdonshire, England, from 1894 until 1965 and in the administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1965 until 1974. In 1974 the area became part of the Huntingdonshire administrative district of Cambridgeshire, England.

It was a large rural district covering the part of Huntingdonshire to the northwest of the town of Huntingdon.

List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDuration Notes
Abbots Ripton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Alconbury ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Alconbury Weston extra parochial area, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Barham chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1935 merged into Barham and Woolley in 1935
Barham and Woolley civil parish 1935 - 1965 parish formed from parishes of Barham and Woolley in 1935
Brampton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Brington and Molesworth civil parish 1935 - 1965 separate parishes of Brington and Molesworth transferred from Thrapston Rural District and merged
Buckworth ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Bythorn and Keyston civil parish 1935 - 1965 separate parishes of Bythorn and Keyston transferred from Thrapston Rural District and merged
Conington All Saints ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Coppingford ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965 merged into Upton and Coppingford in 1935
Easton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Ellington ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Great Gidding ancient parish, civil parish 1935 - 1974 transferred from Oundle Rural District in 1935
Great Raveley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1935 merged into Upwood and The Raveleys in 1935
Great Stukeley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1935 split between Huntingdon Municipal Borough and The Stukeleys in 1935
Hamerton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Hartford ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965 to Huntingdon Municipal Borough in 1935
Kings Ripton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Leighton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Little Gidding ancient parish, civil parish 1935 - 1974 transferred from Oundle Rural District in 1935
Little Raveley chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1935 merged into Upwood and The Raveleys in 1935
Little Stukeley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1935 abolished and transferred into The Stukeleys in 1935
Old Weston chapelry, ancient parish, civil parish 1935 - 1974 transferred from Thrapston Rural District in 1935
Sawtry civil parish 1894 - 1965
Sawtry All Saints ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1886
Sawtry All Saints and St. Andrew civil parish 1894 - 1935
Sawtry St. Andrew ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Sawtry St. Judith extra parochial area, civil parish 1894 - 1935
Spaldwick ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Steeple Gidding ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
The Stukeleys civil parish 1935 - 1965 formed from Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley in 1935
Upton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1935 merged into Upton and Coppingford in 1935
Upton and Coppingford civil parish 1935 - 1965
Upwood chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1935 merged into Upwood and The Raveleys in 1935
Upwood and The Raveleys civil parish 1935 - 1965 formed from the parishes of Upwood, Great Raveley and Little Raveley in 1935
Winwick ancient parish, civil parish 1935 - 1974 transferred from Oundle Rural District in 1935
Woodwalton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965 also known as Wood Walton
Woolley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1935 merged into Barham and Woolley in 1935

Research Tips

  • Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
  • The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society has transcribed the parish registers for all the ancient parishes of Huntingdonshire and these can be purchased from the Society as pdfs.
  • A History of the County of Huntingdon in 3 volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories). This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each chapter is linked to the volume's content page. Volume 2 (published 1932) covers Hurstingstone and Toseland hundreds (index of parishes); Leightonstone and Norman Cross Hundreds (index of parishes) are found in Volume 3 (published 1936). Volume 1 is a part-volume describing the religious houses of the county.
  • GENUKI has a page on Huntingdonshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical or ancient parishes in the county. These give references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
  • Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time